In today’s world of mobile devices, wearable technology, cloud computing, big data and billions of connected endpoints, the technology powering all of these products is critical. The more we rely on connectivity, real-time data transmission and machine to machine (M2M) communication, the more important it is to focus on open infrastructure, reliable networks and secure gateways. One company embracing this concept of inside intelligence is Intel, which develops and deploys technology to make devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) smart.
The IoT encompasses the growing number of smart devices becoming immersed in almost every part of our lives. Whether you listen to predictions of 50 billion or 200 billion connected devices by 2020, one thing is for sure: these connected devices that make up the IoT are growing fast.
The Intel Gateway Solutions, also called Moon Island, for the IoT work as a building block for the connectivity and infrastructure IoT applications require. It’s a family of platforms companies can use to seamlessly interconnect industrial infrastructure devices and secure data flow between devices and the cloud. The IoT means an enormous amount of data from these billions of connected endpoints, so being able to reliably, securely and quickly transmit, share and analyze data is critical. This also aligns perfectly with Intel’s big data solutions. The IoT platforms collect sensor data and then analyze and normalize them for sharing through the network and into the cloud.
A critical part of developing applications for the IoT is open infrastructure – if these connected devices, systems, applications and endpoints can’t connect together, the value is lost. The open architecture in the Intel Gateway Solutions for IoT ensures interoperability between systems, enables wide application development and allows easy services deployment.
Intelligent technology in Intel’s IoT portfolio includes the Intel Quark SoC x1000 series processors and the Intel Atom processor E3800 product family. These different processors help power different devices at the edge of a network for energy efficiency and high-performance. The Galileo board is a microcontroller board based on the Quark SoC x1000 series application processor, and can be used to collaborate and integrate with sensors and gateways to complete an IoT application.
For example, sensors can collect data from equipment in industrial, energy or transportation markets, such as temperature, light, object detection, speed, distance, location and weight, and connect with smart sensors that use the M2M technology to trigger actions. The gateways take information from these sensors and upload it to the cloud.
Companies such as ADI, Advantech, Eurotech and Portwell will have development kits based on the Intel Gateway Solutions for the IoT for specific market segments. Intel also works with McAfee and Wind River to enable interoperability with legacy systems and next-generation infrastructures.
Learn more about Intel Gateway Solutions for IoT here.
